For Blues it was mercifully quiet after all the talk of a firesale. In fact, they ended up with a player in and only Jack Butland sold – and even he is staying at the club.

By the way, how mature and refreshing was it to see Butland say no to Chelsea because he wanted to play first-team football rather than sit on the bench?

I would imagine every single Bluenose was delighted when 11pm arrived and the window shut.

But for the others it was very quiet with Villa bringing in a couple of players with no Premier League experience so it may take Paul Lambert some time to get them into the shape where they can make a major contribution to the team.

But time is something the Villa boss doesn’t have with just 13 games to go.

A lot of Villa fans were querying how Newcastle could find Moussa Sissoko for a relatively small fee.

But the modern game is more to do with the wages than transfer fees.

In fact, transfer fees could all but disappear apart from for the major players. Villa tried to bring in a number of players but were, as I understand it, unable or unwilling to meet the wage demands.

I think it’s time for the transfer window to slam shut for good. I saw nothing wrong with the old system whereby clubs were able to do transfer business until the third week in March.